ERIC Number: ED127468
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1975
Pages: 307
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Worker Relocation 1965-1972: A Review of the Research and Operations Findings of MDTA Experimental and Demonstration Projects.
Reesman, Cilla J.; And Others
This report deals with the operations reports of 29 Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) Experimental and Demonstration (E and D) projects concerning the geographic relocation of workers under the MDTA's provisions and analyzes both the demonstration findings dealing with program feasibility, and the available empirical research concerning the economic outcomes of three relocation projects which were extensively researched. The report is organized into four parts. Part 1 presents a brief summary of the findings. Part 2 discusses relocation policy and regional economic problems in the U. S. Part 3 deals with the assessment of the research projects. Part 4 includes appendices of methodological analyses, summary charts and annotated bibliographies of operational E and D reports, and a bibliography of references used. The report concludes that: (1) Future E and D research projects should be provided with more guidance in the area of data gathering, (2) Administration of future relocation projects by the Employment Services (ES) will require operational modifications of the ES and contracting out of supportive services to disadvantaged clientele, (3) Preprogram characteristics are not reliable predictors of sufficient differences in net relocation ("success") rates to justify their use as selection criteria for primary workers, (4) relocation may be carried out with high levels of cost effectiveness in a variety of settings. (Editor/TA)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development, Economic Research, Employment, Labor, Labor Utilization, Mobility, Occupational Mobility, Poverty Areas, Relocation, Research Projects, Training, Unemployment, Unskilled Workers
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development.
Authoring Institution: Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette. Div. of Continuing Education and Extension.
Identifiers - Location: United States
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Manpower Development and Training Act
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